Sports Quiz – Nov. 23, 2018

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Questions

1. Who holds the major-league record for most consecutive games reaching base safely at least twice per game?
2. Which of the following major-league players known for their longevity pitched in the fewest major-league seasons: Tommy John, Jim Kaat, Jesse Orosco or Nolan Ryan?
3. Name the last player before Cleveland’s Terrelle Pryor in 2016 to have three rushes, three receptions and three passes attempted in the same NFL game.
4. Name the last NCAA men’s college basketball team to reach three consecutive NCAA championship games.
5. Who was the last NHL player before Washington’s Evgeny Kuznetsov in 2018 to have a four-assist game in the Stanley Cup Final?
6. When was the last time before 2018 that the U.S. women’s hockey team won Olympic gold?
7. In 2018, Brooks Koepka became the fifth golfer to win the U.S. Open and PGA Championship in the same year. Name two of the four others to do it.

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1. Boston’s Ted Williams, with 21 games.
2. Orosco pitched in 24 seasons, trailing Ryan (27), John (26) and Kaat (25).
3. San Francisco’s Billy Kilmer, in 1964.
4. Kentucky (1996-98).
5. Colorado’s Joe Sakic, in 1996.
6. It was 1998.
7. Ben Hogan (1948), Jack Nicklaus (1980), Gene Sarazen (1922) and Tiger Woods (2000).

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